Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Catheter Ablation
Superiority of the Combination of Input and Output Parameters to the Single Parameter for Lesion Size Estimation
Hidehiro IwakawaMasateru Takigawa Junji YamaguchiClaire A MartinMasahiko GoyaTasuku YamamotoMiki AmemiyaTakashi IkenouchiMiho NegishiIwanari KawamuraKentaro GotoTakatoshi ShigetaTakuro NishimuraTomomasa TakamiyaSusumu TaoShinsuke MiyazakiHiroyuki WatanabeTetsuo Sasano
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2023 Volume 87 Issue 12 Pages 1757-1764

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Background: For lesion size prediction, each input parameter, including ablation energy (AE), and output parameter, such as impedance, is individually used. We hypothesize that using both parameters simultaneously may be more optimal.

Methods and Results: Radiofrequency applications at a range of power (30–50 W), contact force (10 g and 20 g), duration (10–60 s), and catheter orientation with normal saline (NS)- or half-normal saline (HNS)-irrigation were performed in excised porcine hearts. The correlations, with lesion size of AE, absolute impedance drop (∆Imp-drop), relative impedance drop (%Imp-drop), and AE*%Imp-drop were examined. Lesion size was analyzed in 283 of 288 lesions (NS-irrigation, n=142; HNS-irrigation, n=141) without steam pops. AE*%Imp-drop consistently showed the strongest correlations with lesion maximum depth (NS-irrigation, ρ=0.91; HNS-irrigation, ρ=0.94), surface area (NS-irrigation, ρ=0.87; HNS-irrigation, ρ=0.86), and volume (NS-irrigation, ρ=0.94; HNS-irrigation, ρ=0.94) compared with the other parameters. Moreover, compared with AE alone, AE*%Imp-drop significantly improved the strength of correlation with lesion maximum depth (AE vs. AE*%Imp-drop, ρ=0.83 vs. 0.91, P<0.01), surface area (ρ=0.73 vs. 0.87, P<0.01), and volume (ρ=0.84 vs. 0.94, P<0.01) with NS-irrigation. This tendency was also observed with HNS-irrigation. Parallel catheter orientation showed a better correlation with lesion depth and volume using ∆Imp-drop, %Imp-drop, and AE*%Imp-drop than perpendicular orientation.

Conclusions: The combination of input and output parameters is more optimal than each single parameter for lesion prediction.

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